Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-11-25
Jacksonville, Nov. 81, 1887.
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There appears to be n controvars,, o,,,,,,,.
the historians of Whitinybam ne to ,yL,tLs
er it was ever known bv the pomo of C,,,,
brrlsnd When Gen William, Tr,.,i,, 49,.
Roval Governor of the nrnvirca ~ -
York he caused "A man tn ba mad fr,,, ~,
tual SURVEYS of the "Manors patants o,,.l
Townships" of TINT urovince ;,ol,,.l;,','
what is now Vermont. The man ,ySs ,,rl
pared by Claude Joseph Iantbiar Ne
and sent to London and was enttravad tbo,a
hv William Fadden. and publisbad Jan,,or,,
/, 1779. On that man the identical tarri
tory Of the present town of Wbitinobo,, l.
laid down as n township bv tbe nam 81
Cumberland. 1t is boupded north h..
Draper, now Wilmington. east bv Hsi;far
south by the province of Massachnsatts baT,
MS what is now the stnte Of Massscbrsntts
was then called. and west nv Readshorr,,,,L
There is a copy of this man IN bo fonnJ i,
the large quarto edition of the Documents.
nv History of New York Tbare 10 ono,L
er map of this territory made Mt n difTarent
time and on a different ulnn In be fonnd j.,
the smaller octave edition If that b;stor,,
on which the township corrasnorJin,, -
Whitingham is laid down as CnmhorlerJ
After the state of Vermont was or,,on;zaJ
and the territorv Divided into tho co,,,,t;as ~
Benuington and Cumberland tho lo,,;slat,,.,
at its session in February 177Q nj Renn;no,
ton. not far from Wbitingbam and With n
member from that town nrobabIy nrosort
passed an act for establishing the count,
lines. In that act the dividing line hatupeeyy
the two counties is described nv lines ~
towns to the northeast corner of WaIl;no.
ford "tbence soutberlv an tho eastorl,, H.
of Wallingford Harwicb. Bromlev W;nboII
and Stratton To the soutbeasterI,, CORNER af
ly line of Somerset In the south ,vest corner
thereof thence soutberlv 70 the nortbvest
corner of Draper thence soutberIv in tho
west line of Draper and Cumharland 70 tbo
north line of the Massachusetts has,
Harvicb is NOW Nj Tahor orJ Rro,,,la,.
Perm. In this line described Inv mon fom;l
lar with the 1vbole territorv tho snaca tLo+
Whitingbam would fiji ia in this manner
called Cumberland And this name ;s NOT
annlied IN any indaGnita tract ~ co,,,,t,.,,
but 10 exactly the snace betveen Dransr
and Massocbnsetts bav vbicb ia no,,, tbot
between WiInington and Nossocbusa,ts
and called Wbitinpbom These mans Of
the province of Ney Work and th;s OPT 81
the Legislatures of Vormont chow clsarl,,
that the exact territorv MOI, Wbi,inoba, ~
was known IN the authorities IF thot nro,,'
ince and ofter,yards ~ the onthnr;tiss Of
Vermont Cumberlan1 and WaS bV thpm
called NV that name in tba same mo1ne, os
WilminSton ySas formerly caIIeJ Drana,. d.
Perm Bromley Grafton Tomiinson and
Dummerston Fulbam
Wbitingbem was cL.r+aroJ I,,, tho Ro,ol
Governor Of the nrov;nce Of Nav Vo,.k Nv
that name as most of the towns in Var
mont we're chartered nv that govarnor after
being chartered Inv the lyovernor If Ne,v
Uamnsb;ro sor,at;y,as 10 ~ sa,,,, a,d
sometimes bv different names and The
name of Wbitingham nreveiled nver that
Of Cumberland for that town in use with.
ant chance bv any, amtbo,it,, as names nf
ntba,. toSvns where tbs,.e were t,yo Ala
The Nav York charter of Wbitinybam
yas never Of anv conseousnce to the
nennl. Of that to,vn hnyaver Tho
Nav York charters d;J NOT and did not
nrofess to convey land titles no those of
New Hampsbire did Lut only conferred the
mowers of municinoi government. and af
ter the time of thr Wbitingbam charter the
authority of New YORK diJ NOT long nrevoil